Customizing Studies
Studies have predefined settings and can be customized to your preference. For example, studies use a default number of bars to make their calculation, the lines are plotted in a certain style or color, and they are plotted in either the same subgraph as the price data or in another.
You should use the default settings and change them only if you are using the study in a different way than it was originally designed. You can change all these settings either as you add the study into a chart or once it is plotted.
Access using the Studies > Edit Studies menu sequence and select Customize. The Customize (study type) dialog is displayed with the following tabs:
- General - Contains the general properties for the selected study or column. Options available depend on the type of studies and columns you are customizing, and where it is located.
- Inputs - Displays the default values that is used in its calculation for the study and column. Most studies contain at least one input value; some contain more than one.
- Alerts - Contains the settings for studies and columns that support alerts.
- Style - Displays the different styles used for the plots drawn by the study or used in a column.
- Color - Changes the plot color used for the study. Changing the color options does not affect how the study is calculated, only the display on the chart.
- Scaling - Specifies the axis, scale type, scale range, and display settings used to plot the study. Choices depends on the selected study and how it calculates.
- Advanced - Provides the optimization settings when the 'update value intra-bar' setting is enabled for the selected study. See General for more information.
- Data Settings - Contains the interval and history settings for the number of minutes and days back. The Data Settings tab is only available when using the ActivityBar study.
Studies used by Chart Analysis Window
Indicator - General, Inputs, Alerts, Style, Color, Scaling, and Advanced.
ShowMe - General, Inputs, Alerts, Style, Color, and Advanced.
PaintBar - General, Inputs, Alerts, Style, Color, and Advanced.
ActivityBar - General, Inputs, Alerts, Style, and Data Settings.
ProbabilityMap - General, Inputs, and Style.
Studies used by RadarScreen Window
Indicator - General, Inputs, Alerts, Style, Color, and Advanced.
ShowMe - General, Inputs, Alerts, Style, Color, and Advanced.
PaintBar - General, Inputs, Alerts, Style, Color, and Advanced.